Feeling loved is one of the sweetest feeling in the world. When you are loved, you start to feel that you are needed, you mattered and you have a purpose in life. That’s why people who are in a happy relationship are considered to be healthy.

So, how does love affect our health? Is it true that all we need is love? And how does love will keep us all alive? Well, here’s what love can do to our health:

A Happy Relationship Can Improve Your Mental Health

Loving and stable relationships can help to improve a person’sability to manage stress. If you’re in a relationship, facing stress is easy as pie. You can ask advice from your partner whenever you feel lost, you can also share your insecurities with them to avoid anxiety, stress, and overthinking.

A person who is deeply in love has an increasingdopamine brain activity, which is associated with optimism, energy and a sense of well-being.

Love Is Good For The Heart, Literally…

Love is not just emotionally good for you, according to a research published by theEuropean Heart Journal, having a positive outlook canprotect you against cardiovascular disease.

Having a loving partner, family and friends can have a positive effect on a person. Researchers haveinvestigated the role of having the support of loved ones after cardiac bypass surgery. Over time, patients who had good social support had a better recovery and survival rate.

It Can Lower Your Blood Pressure

According to research, love releases feelings of euphoria, including brain chemicals likedopamine and oxytocin. Oxytocin, known as the “the love hormone” creates a sense of attachment, producing a bond to form between two people. It also lowers blood pressure and stress hormones.

a cardiologist and director of Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, says “One theory on why love is good for your health is that blood pressure responds to calmness and peace… If you’re in love, you’re calmer and more at peace, which could translate into lower blood pressure.”

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Sam joined Remit this 2018. She is a Journalism graduate who loves to see the world in different point of views. Her goal in writing is to inspire her readers to have a better perspective and to live a meaningful life. She may look aloof but she’s a very friendly and a happy-go-lucky person.